Back for some more very-delayed blogging about last summer!
At the end of July, we headed in the direction of Colorado. Luckily, Utah is on the way, so we stayed a few nights in Cedar City.
While driving there, we found this excellent (and new, I think) Electrify America charging station, complete with a solar awning - nice! Shade plus power from the sun, also pull-through spots. It's almost like the gas station model has some advantages...
On to the rocks! I enjoyed roaming all over the Cedar City trails and finding new shapes and fun colors (things that Utah does so well):
Thor apparently has a vacation throne here?
Geology is way more interesting in the real world compared to reading books in school:
Especially when the informational sign is well designed and placed:
A mural near the visitor center that made me smile:
I'd had Snow Canyon State Park on my radar for a while, time to go explore another piece of Utah:
John could sleep here:
But maybe not if this guy has anything to say about it:
Lava! A sharp (literally) contrast to the sandstone:
In our happy place:
Unique trail marker:
Possibly part of a lava tube:
The entrance to a lava tube, one of several unexpected things we found in the park:
Shadow selfie - hello world!
Good luck deciphering all the comings and goings:
Some ropy lava sitting on sandstone:
And a good view down the valley:
I'm beginning to wonder if John needs a nap...
This little one was just hanging out (hiding in plain sight?), and with all the bikes on the path I decided to try to convince it to get a move-on. It finally begrudgingly acquiesced.
A big wall that might have petroglyphs on it somewhere:
We couldn't resist a hike up a volcanic crater, with a view down at Tug-E:
Craters are fun formations to run around on:
Back in Cedar City, we saw this big thing at the Frontier Homestead museum:
It took a couple passes before noticing an adorable bird standing in front of it!
I found a couple interesting-looking FKT's in the area, always a fun excuse to try something new.
The first was the Bryce Canyon Traverse Duathlon:
This looked super fun! There were no female times (at the time - that didn't last long) and it had several aspects that would be new for me: The trail traversing Bryce Canyon National Park, plus the chance to use my bike to traverse back.
See the link for a summary of my experience and some additional photos, if you're interested. Bryce is so dang photogenic that I'm including a bunch more pictures here.
Thank you for the awesome assistance, John!
Tall shadow selfie in the early sunlight:
Pointing at a distance point, which I'm guessing I visited later that day:
A surprising addition to the "summer of flowers" picture album:
Hoo doo? I do! You can do too!
I tried not to get so distracted by all the amazing shapes, but it's really impossible to avoid.
The lighting changed throughout the day:
Sunshine for now!
The Hat Shop, my new favorite part of the park (which we had not seen before):
Yay for Ponderosas!
The dramatic scenery continues, possibly at Mud Canyon:
Why yes please, I'll take some food and water:
Clouds starting to collect above the rim:
Agua Canyon Connecting Trail - currently closed, no resupply here:
Just one more uphill to Rainbow Point:
I'm amazed this tree is still standing:
Trek complete!
Now for my next trick...
John took a couple pictures during the descent:
And he met me where we started the day, back at Fairyland Point, woo hoo! That was a fun ride down.
A highly enjoyable adventure!
More FKT action in the next post, which hopefully won't take me another month to write..
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